A show-business reporter who was the first journalist to allege that News of the World editor Andy Coulson was aware of phone hacking at his tabloid has been found dead, according to The Guardian, in circumstances that U.K. police deem "unexplained" but "not suspicious." Sean Hoare worked at News of the World as well another Murdoch tabloid, The Sun, until he was dismissed for drug and alcohol problems. Police won't confirm his identity, but The Guardian reports that Hoare was found at his apartment and pronounced dead shortly after.

The Guardian's report, h/t to the Daily Beast (http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/jul/18/news-of-the-world-sean-hoare?om_rid=Nsfshn&om_mid=_BOJInPB8cZjJ0l)

eg8r

07-18-2011, 02:36 PM

What was this guy's health prior to blowing the whistle? What killed him? The timing is definitely suspicious but we know very little about the guy to begin guessing.

eg8r

Gayle in MD

07-19-2011, 06:22 AM

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: eg8r</div><div class="ubbcode-body">What was this guy's health prior to blowing the whistle? What killed him? The timing is definitely suspicious but we know very little about the guy to begin guessing.

eg8r </div></div>

He had a history of honesty, some drinking and drug use, and would be among the easiest kind of profile for killers, to successfully fake his supposed suicide, cause of death, substance abuse, in order to cover up a murder.

You can bet he was number one on Murdoch's list of people he hated, and on the same sort of list of some top political and Scotland Yard people with power in the UK, as well.

IOW, something stinks.

G.

cushioncrawler

07-19-2011, 05:37 PM

Simple. They put poizon in hiz whistle.
mac.

LWW

07-20-2011, 05:06 AM

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: eg8r</div><div class="ubbcode-body">What was this guy's health prior to blowing the whistle? What killed him? The timing is definitely suspicious but we know very little about the guy to begin guessing.